2015 Rugby World Cup Fixtures

The fixtures and draw for the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup is listed below. The 2015 RWC will take place in England and Wales and begin on Saturday, September 19 (AEST), with the final taking place at Twickenham on the morning of Monday, November 1 (AEST).

12 of the 13 venues hosting 2015 Rugby World Cup matches are located in England, with Cardiff’s Millenium Stadium also approved by World Rugby (formerly IRB) due to its capacity and strategic location.

The 20 teams taking part in the 2015 Rugby World Cup are divided into four pools and play four matches against each of the other teams in the same pool. The top two sides from each pool then progress into the quarter-finals, upon which the tournament becomes a knockout format.

2015 Rugby World Cup Fixtures

Date

No

Pool

Match details

Location

Stadium

Kick off (AEDT)

Sat Sept 19

1

A

England v Fiji

London

Twickenham

5.00am

Sat Sept 19

2

C

Tonga v Georgia

Gloucester

Kingsholm Stadium

9.00pm

Sat Sept 19

3

D

Ireland v Canada

Cardiff

Millenium Stadium

11.30pm

Sun Sept 20

4

B

South Africa v Japan

Brighton

Brighton Community Stadium

1.45am

Sun Sept 20

5

D

France v Italy

London

Twickenham

5.00am

Sun Sept 20

6

B

Samoa v USA

Brighton

Brighton Community Stadium

9.00pm

Sun Sept 20

7

A

Wales v Uruguay

Cardiff

Millenium Stadium

11.30pm

Mon Sept 21

8

C

New Zealand v Argentina

London

Wembley

1.45am

Wed Sept 23

9

B

Scotland v Japan

Gloucester

Kingsholm Stadium

11.30pm

Thu Sept 24

10

A

Australia v Fiji

Cardiff

Millenium Stadium

1.45am

Thu Sept 24

11

D

France v Romania

London

Olympic Stadium

5.00am

Fri Sept 25

12

C

New Zealand v Namibia

London

Olympic Stadium

5.00am

Sat Sept 26

13

C

Argentina v Georgia

Gloucester

Kingsholm Stadium

1.45am

Sat Sept 26

14

D

Italy v Canada

Leeds

Elland Road

11.30pm

Sun Sept 27

15

B

South Africa v Samoa

Birmingham

Villa Park

1.45am

Sun Sept 27

16

A

England v Wales

London

Twickenham

5.00am

Sun Sept 27

17

A

Australia v Uruguay

Birmingham

Villa Park

9.00pm

Sun Sept 27

18

B

Scotland v USA

Leeds

Elland Road

11.30pm

Mon Sept 28

19

B

Ireland v Romania

London

Wembley Stadium

1.45am

Wed Sept 30

20

C

Tonga v Namibia

Exeter

Sandy Park

1.45am

Fri Oct 2

21

A

Wales v Fiji

Cardiff

Millenium Stadium

1.45am

Fri Oct 2

22

D

France v Canada

Milton Keynes

Stadium MK

5.00am

Sat Oct 3

23

C

New Zealand v Georgia

Cardiff

Millenium Stadium

5.00am

Sat Oct 3

24

B

Samoa v Japan

Milton Keynes

Stadium MK

11.30pm

Sun Oct 4

25

B

South Africa v Scotland

Newcastle

St James Park

1.45am

Sun Oct 4

26

A

England v Australia

London

Twickenham

6.00am

Mon Oct 5

27

C

Argentina v Tonga

Leicester

Leicester City Stadium

12.30am

Mon Oct 5

28

B

Ireland v Italy

London

Olympic Stadium

2.45am

Wed Oct 7

29

D

Canada v Romania

Leicester

Leicester City Stadium

2.45am

Wed Oct 7

30

A

Fiji v Uruguay

Milton Keynes

Stadium MK

6.00am

Thur Oct 8

31

B

South Africa v USA

London

Olympic Stadium

2.45am

Thur Oct 8

32

C

Namibia v Georgia

Exeter

Sandy Park

6.00am

Sat Oct 10

33

C

New Zealand v Tonga

Newcastle

St James Park

6.00am

Sun Oct 11

34

B

Samoa v Scotland

Newcastle

St James Park

12.30am

Sun Oct 11

35

A

Australia v Wales

London

Twickenham

2.45am

Sun Oct 11

36

A

England v Uruguay

Manchester

Manchester City Stadium

6.00am

Sun Oct 11

37

C

Argentina v Namibia

Leicester

Leicester City Stadium

10.00pm

Mon Oct 12

38

D

Italy v Romania

Exeter

Sandy Park

12.30am

Mon Oct 12

39

D

France v Ireland

Cardiff

Millenium Stadium

2.45am

Mon Oct 12

40

B

USA v Japan

Gloucester

Kingsholm Stadium

6.00am

Sun Oct 18

41

QF1: Winner B v Runner-up A

London

Twickenham

2.00am

Sun Oct 18

42

QF2: Winner C v Runner-Up D

Cardiff

Millenium Stadium

6.00am

Sun Oct 18

43

QF3: Winner D v Runner-Up C

Cardiff

Millenium Stadium

11.00pm

Mon Oct 19

44

QF4: Winner A v Runner-up B

London

Twickenham

6.00am

Sun Oct 25

45

SF1: Winner QF1 v Winner QF2

London

Twickenham

2.00am

Mon Oct 26

46

SF2: Winner QF3 v Winner QF4

London

Twickenham

3.00am

Sat Oct 31

47

Loser SF1 v Loser SF2

London

Olympic Stadium

7.00am

Sun Nov 1

48

Final: Winner SF1 v Winner SF2

London

Twickenham

3.00am

Note: TV refers to Australian TV schedule for Rugby World Cup 2015 coverage.

The Crowd Says (24) | Page 1 of Comments

Just thought this might be an added extra piece of info for those wanting to know what conditions their team is likely to be facing in upcoming RWC matches. I’ll update this on a regular basis to take into account matches coming up in next ten days within forecast range. Might be a useful sticky.

The first batch of RWC matches to see all teams play are on 9/10/11 & 14/15/16 Sept for which 10-day forecasts are available. Chart above shows forecast weather on day of match or if no match scheduled at venue, forecast on 10th day to show the outlook. NZ times of matches are given – the later in the day, the lower the temperature. Where two matches are at same venue, the weather for later matches are in brackets. Updates provided as the pools progress.

Why did CH9 got the rights to Rugby World Cup screening if they only screen Australian participating games – we really want to watch the whole competition not only the home team. Please don’t bother next time. If you do not want to miss out on screening other sporting games, at least put it on GEM. It is not a yearly event after all!!!!

This is unconscionable. I have not watched or owned a television in 3 years; got my PC TV card and aerial hooked up today to watch the world cup, only to find it’s only available at the pub. I’m currently madly searching for an online stream of FOX sports, to no avail. I honestly thought converting to Digital would mean I get to watch these games. Since hooking up my new TV card, I now find there are 25 channels on free to air, not one of which shows the pool matches not involving australia. To add insult to injury, I find there is now a dedicated sport channel called One, which is showing American Football at the time of the Samoa Namibia game. Sigh.

Your fixtures above show games at Carisbrook Dunedin which I believe is in the process of being sold and probably demolished!
Just to point out, todays Scotland v Georgia was in Invercargill and the England v Romania and Ireland v Italy games are at the new Otago Stadium in Dunedin.

I have written to the IRB (irb@irb.com) to ask them why they gave the rights to Channel Nine when this amateur network has refused to abide by its commitment to show the games.

I also cc’d it to the Melbourne Rebels, david.mcnamara@melbournerebels.com.au, as we have decided not to rejoin the Rebels in protest at rugby officials trashing us by giving the TV rights to a corrupt network.

I suggest others do likewise – otherwise we will not be able to see the finals.

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